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FUNCTIONS
• Asking about and describing people’s appearances and characters English 9 15
• Comparing characteristics and appearances
• Expressing opinions (Agreeing, disagreeing, etc…) Theme 5
• Talking about current activities
Inspirational People
L3
1. Look at the pictures and talk about people’s physical appearances as in the example.

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E.g. 1. She has gray hair and blue eyes. She is in her late 60s, I guess. She has wrinkles on her face and neck.

2. Listen to the short texts and write names of the people. Tapescript 5.3.1

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3. Listen again and write the character traits for the people.

Name Character Traits
Adrian 1.___________________________________________________________________
Chris 2. ___________________________________________________________________
Lindsay 3. ___________________________________________________________________
Phil 4. ___________________________________________________________________

4. Read the dialog and answer the questions.

Cem Hey, guess who I met at the sports center today!
Ted Oh, tell me. Who made you so excited?
Cem Emre Sakçı. Can you believe that? He is a swimmer in the Turkish National Team. He is currently the best
swimmer in Europe because he holds the latest European records for 50 and 100 meters.
Ted Wow! Tell me more.
Cem As you can imagine, he is well-built with his broad shoulders. He has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He’s
always calm, self-confident and ambitious. He inspires many young swimmers with his swimming skills,
agility and speed. So many details...
Ted Wow! It seems that he is a super hero for you.
Cem Hey, are you kidding? He’s a super hero for almost all young swimmers, already.
Ted Okay, Cem. I got it, I got it. Lucky for you, then.

1. Who is Emre Sakçı? __________________________________________________________________________
2. Why is Emre Sakçı the best swimmer in Europe? ____________________________________________________
3. How does Emre Sakçı inspire young swimmers? ____________________________________________________
4. What does Emre Sakçı look like? ________________________________________________________________
5. What are Emre Sakçı's character traits? ___________________________________________________________

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